That League Cup exit at Wolves was a very frustrating and, in the short term, disastrous defeat that cost Everton their best chance of claiming a long-awaited trophy, yet again.
For me, David Moyes made a big mistake by shuffling his team so much for that game, and it showed with a very disjointed performance against a Wolves side that was struggling badly and was there for the taking.
Apart from a generally poor effort as a team, once more the Toffees looked particularly toothless in attack and barely threatened their hosts' goal as they went down 2-0.
This was perhaps partly just one of those matches when the team was makeshift and failed to turn up, and were undone by a side that wanted it more on the night.
Going forward, though, Everton must try to find a way to resolve these persistent problems in front of goal, which is holding the side back. And there might be a solution to this present issue, looking back into the past.
When Moyes was first Blues boss, he faced a similar problem with finding ways to score in a team that was equally challenged in front of goal.
He had a centre-forward in Marcus Bent who was hard working but lacked the quality to finish consistently, just like his current crop of strikers, Beto and Thierno Barry.
Moyes' solution was to move midfielder Tim Cahill up front as a makeshift striker with Marouane Fellaini supporting him, and it worked, at least to some extent, and helped to improve the potency of the attack.
The current squad contains a player who could possibly replicate this in Carlos Alcaraz. He is a similar player to Cahill and has shown the same sort of industry and quality in front of goal that characterized the Australian international. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall would make a good Fellaini imitation.
Previously, I have suggested a potential tactical change that could facilitate this with Illman Ndiaye moving to a false nine position with Tyler Dibling coming into the side on the right.
But despite spending nearly £50 million on the Southampton starlet, Moyes does not seem ready to give him a starting role yet, so another option would be to bring Alcaraz into the side with Ndiaye to remain on the right wing.
Whatever Moyes decides to do, he needs to think hard about how he can try to improve Everton's goal threat, starting with Monday night's match against West Ham at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.